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Stuart Pearces Autobiography.

threads in General.

The Fall of Carthage, by Adrian Goldsworthy. It's rather good, but I'm getting to the worst part. The actual fall.

Stuart Pearces Autobiography.
A General Theory of Love, by Lewis, Amiri and Lannon, MDs.

Lots of academic papers and books. I'm supposed to be writing a dissertation, so that I can graduate in June!!!

Lots of academic papers and books. I'm supposed to be writing a dissertation, so that I can graduate in June!!!
On???

"The Sandman companion" by Hy Bender.

Featuring in-depth interviews with Sandman writer/creator Neil Gaiman plus interview with the Dozens of Artist blah blah blah etc...

On???

Archaeology in Southern England! Late Bronze age- Early Iron age stuff!!!

Up From Slavery, by one of the greatest heroes in the history of the universe: Booker T. Washington.

non-fiction: Books from school *sigh* exams :(

fiction: 'The eye of the world' from Robert Jordan. Part I of the Wheel of Time series. It's great :)

Webcomics.

Bulldog Drummond!

The rats, the bats and the ugly.

God-Emperor of Dune. Ugh. I'm told it's worth trudging through to get to the last two books.

The rats, the bats and the ugly.
Heh, good book.

crime & punishment.

Coming up to the punishment now. Or could you say that he has been punished ever since the crime?

crime & punishment.

Coming up to the punishment now. Or could you say that he has been punished ever since the crime?

Very good book!

I'm actually reading Jennifer Government.

Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare.

Heh, good book.

Monstrous Regiment from Terry Pratchett is up next.

Testament Francais by Andrei Makine - very good

God-Emperor of Dune. Ugh. I'm told it's worth trudging through to get to the last two books.

ugh... that one was rough. personally, i think the series truly ended with children of dune. if not sooner. after that, the books just get wierd and stray so far from the original ideas that they're basically a different series.

ugh... that one was rough. personally, i think the series truly ended with children of dune. if not sooner. after that, the books just get wierd and stray so far from the original ideas that they're basically a different series.

Quite agreed, the last two seem horribly unfinished.

Boris Starling's Vodka. It's a cross between murder mystery and mafia, set just after the fall of the USSR. I've only just started it, but it's looking very good.

I've just finished reading Robert Wilson's The Blind Man Of Seville. Excellent psychological thriller - read it!

Archaeology in Southern England! Late Bronze age- Early Iron age stuff!!!
You lucky smart bastard you. I was booted from my graduate programme for taking too long...

"Castles of Steel" by Robert Massie, "Emma" by Jane Austen, and French parliamentary records.

crime & punishment.

Coming up to the punishment now. Or could you say that he has been punished ever since the crime?

My favourite novel of all time!

Archaeology in Southern England! Late Bronze age- Early Iron age stuff!!!
Kewl! Any conclusions so far??

Stephen Ambrose's Citizen Soldiers
New Un-abridged translation of The Count of Monte Cristo
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Hiker Mike: Adventures Farher Afield
The Complete Canadian Small Business Guide
Edward Gibons: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Doctor Zhizago
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 by A.T. Mahan

and if you think that list is long you should see my to be read pile.

Vive la Revolution - Mark Steel

Tis quite good. :)

Very good book!

I'm actually reading Jennifer Government.
Any good??

Thus Spake Zarathustra. Pity I haven't found the time to read any more of it for about a month.

I was also reading The Selfish Gene, but I put it down about 6 months ago and haven't picked it back up.

Thus Spake Zarathustra. Pity I haven't found the time to read any more of it for about a month.

I was also reading The Selfish Gene, but I put it down about 6 months ago and haven't picked it back up.

Do you just dust around it then? :p

I'll have to read some swedish shit ( :headbang: Not my own choice! They won't let me pass the course if I didn't read it), don't remember the name. Don't actually care.

Currently I'm also reading the Da Vinci code.
I also started reading the Kalevala again. It's a lot better than the Bible although the original version I'm reading has some strange words that can't be found in the finnish language nowadays.

Do you just dust around it then? :p
I don't dust. I think I put a box of Kleenex on it.

ugh... that one was rough. personally, i think the series truly ended with children of dune. if not sooner. after that, the books just get wierd and stray so far from the original ideas that they're basically a different series.

I disagree. The later books may not be as entertaining due to their low action content, but they do not stray from the original idea. They continue to explore the fundamental flaws of humanity and the messiah phenomenon. They still explore beleif, religion, politics, government, and the fundamental human flaw of selfishness. Heck, it even explores a subject that was fiction at the time it was written but is now truly a concern. The ethical concerns of human cloning.

The Bros Karamazov

A Clockwork Orange; Lolita; and Animal Farm.
Then when I've finished those, I've got the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (in four parts); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass; Eats, Shoots & Leaves; Metamorphosis and Other Stories and The Trial. Hopefully I'll finish all of these by the end of April. Then I can start to work for my exams.

State of Fear by Michael Crichton

I'm thinking about picking up Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia...but I have to get motivation up to go to the library. And, so I just find myself re-reading stuff. Currently re-reading LOTR: ROTK

A Clockwork Orange; Lolita; and Animal Farm.

That is an awesome trio.

No Logo by Naomi Klein.

Just finish Phycho, now about to read His Dark Materials(again, I think this is the 18th time) followed by Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy(All 5 books, again>)

I just finished The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridely, and am going to start either Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs or The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston, whichever I feel like reading tonight.

I'm also thinking about picking up some Friedman & Friedman...

The latest New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Gourmet magazine, Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples, Kyril Bonfiglioli's "Dont Point that Thing at Me." "French Grammar" "French Verbs."


a mix of that each night at the moment.

For class, Dennett's Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting.

For pleasure, Rand's Atlas Shrugged, though I got thrown off from that by class readings and now am sort of struggling to get back into it.

Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets, a communist play written in 1935 and performed to ovations with Elia Kazan in the lead. Kazan, for those who remember, went on to sell out his fellow filmmakers during the McCarthy era and used the film On the Waterfront as an argument to defend his actions. He also went on to direct A Face in the Crowd, one of the best movies about media ever(and staring Andy Griffith as a dickheaded drunk, how cool is that?!), inspiring Network and Bamboozled.

I've been 'commissioned' (using that loosely, since no one is paying me) to write a radio pre-show for it.

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs or The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston, whichever I feel like reading tonight.

I've read other books than those by both authors - Burroughs's Junky and Preston's Cobra Event. Excellent books; I should look into their other work.

Dracula - Brahm Stoker

It starts off a bit boaring, then gets really good for a long time, now its a bit boaring again.

"Fine Things" by Danielle Steel

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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Capital by Karl Marx

Anarchism and Other Essays- Emma Goldman

Perdigo Station by China Meiville

I really hope that is not his real name and it is a mediocre book.

Perdigo Station by China Meiville

I really hope that is not his real name and it is a mediocre book.
I tried to read that and it bored the shit out of me...

My next book is The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.

No Logo by Naomi Klein.
Good book. Now, when you're done pick up Nation Of Rebels (Heath & Potter) to find out why she's a hypocritical, trend-hunting bitch.

I'm reading The Soveriegn Individual (Davidson & Reese-Mogg), Rich Dad's Guide to Investing (Kiyosaki), and Sin and Syntax (Hale).

just finished the selfish gene,

reading 'tis by frank mccourt for english

otherwise mothernight, kurt vonnegut and trainspotting, irvine welsh

Alien Agenda
By: Marrs

It's pretty good. Some of his reports are believable, while some are not so much but give you a huge creativity boost. It's very informative on history and technologies so far, and is very entertaining to read.

Thus Spake Zarathustra. Pity I haven't found the time to read any more of it for about a month.

I was also reading The Selfish Gene, but I put it down about 6 months ago and haven't picked it back up.


Nietzche is amazing.

I'm still working on Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body I've been to busy to finish it, grrrrr

I've noticed that on these "list" type threads, everyone rushes to post their music and book choices to display their good taste and culture and for the eddification of the general; public, but (in my case at least) can't be bothered to read the 5-10 damn pages of mostly unrecognizable listed stuff! Does anyone actually read these threads, or do we just post on them?

Anyway, right now I'm reading a whack of textbooks, "Beautiful Losers" by Leonard Cohen, and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. OHHH, "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Nietszche too...torture I tell you.

I'm currently reading "Language Visible" by David Sacks, "America: The Book" by Whatsisname Stewart-or-something(fuck, I can't remember his name), and "Teach Yourself Finnish" by Terttu Leney.

Nietzche is amazing.
Not if it is exchanged in the stead of Dawkins, however!

I'm still working on Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body I've been to busy to finish it, grrrrr
Who's that by? From the title, it sounds like a bunch of bunk, but it might have some credence.

"America: The Book" by Whatsisname Stewart-or-something(fuck, I can't remember his name)
Jon. Jon Stewart. And he was a co-author, not the sole one. Though he's the only one people care about, that's true.

Who's that by? From the title, it sounds like a bunch of bunk, but it might have some credence.

Its by Armand Marie Leroi

Its my "taking a break from reading my medical texts" book.....which just proves how much of a huge nerd I am, heh

Jon. Jon Stewart. And he was a co-author, not the sole one. Though he's the only one people care about, that's true.
Oh. Okay.

Currently reading Virtual Light by William Gibson, and I also have listened to America the Audio Book by Jon Stewart. Brilliant I tell you.

Currently reading Virtual Light by William Gibson.
I love Gibson.

I love Gibson.

I've been on a big kick of his recently, in the past 2 weeks ive read neuromancer, count zero, all tomorrows parties, and idoru.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley.
It's an amazing book and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in United States history.

I've been on a big kick of his recently, in the past 2 weeks ive read neuromancer, count zero, all tomorrows parties, and idoru.
I still haven't read Idoru, I couldn't find it at the bookstore. Grr.
:(

YAY, I am reading the rise and fall of Great American cities.

By Jane Jacobs.

Its by Armand Marie Leroi

Its my "taking a break from reading my medical texts" book.....which just proves how much of a huge nerd I am, heh
Oh, now I remember what that's about. She was the one with 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, or something like that, right? And I read books on entomology, pathology (especially virology), and evoltionary biology, if that makes you feel better.

Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell.

I've read it before, but it's good, so I'm reading it again.

Oh, now I remember what that's about. She was the one with 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, or something like that, right? And I read books on entomology, pathology (especially virology), and evoltionary biology, if that makes you feel better.

Indeed she is :). I'm only 100 pages into the book, but its seems really interesting so far. And I'm addicted to books dealing with endocrinology and immunology, so we'll call it even.

I still haven't read Idoru, I couldn't find it at the bookstore. Grr.
:(

Not that great really, all tomorrows parties was better even though it was a sequel.

Does anyone know of any places with free ebooks?
I'm currently wading my way through the interesting bits of The Lycaeum's Transcribed Books Archive (http://www.lycaeum.org/books/transcribed.shtml), but I'll probably get bored with reading about drugs soon.

Anybody know of good free stuff? I'm currently most interested in toxicology and pathology.

I also wish I could find the full text of medical articles and reports, but for that I'll have to get up off my lazy arse and go to my local university to request them, I bet. Although I still haven't quite figured out how to go about doing that, I will eventually.

Not that great really, all tomorrows parties was better even though it was a sequel.
Ah, so I haven't missed quite as much as I had thought. Good, good.

Anybody know of good free stuff? I'm currently most interested in toxicology and pathology.
Clicky! (http://freebooks4doctors.com/)

Clicky! (http://freebooks4doctors.com/)
:eek:
FREE STUFF!

Thanks a bunch!

Warrior Nation
ITs about New Zealands involvement in wars from the Boer war to the present day.
New Zealand ROCKS!

Monstrous Regiment from Terry Pratchett is up next.
Lots a fun. A good read.

Ah, so I haven't missed quite as much as I had thought. Good, good.

I hate to make you worry, but I liked Idoru better.

Pattern Recognition is unrelated, but great.

Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. Still funny four centuries later.

Anyone read Miles Davis' autobiography? It's a trip. Not for the weak of heart though. The word motherfucker is literally on every single page (to the point where it's almost funny). Anyway, I highly recommend it. The man lived an incredible life.

Anyone read Miles Davis' autobiography? It's a trip.
Read William Burroughs' The Soft Machine. Now that's a trip. In the psychoactive sense.

Does anyone know of any places with free ebooks?
I'm currently wading my way through the interesting bits of The Lycaeum's Transcribed Books Archive (http://www.lycaeum.org/books/transcribed.shtml), but I'll probably get bored with reading about drugs soon.

Anybody know of good free stuff? I'm currently most interested in toxicology and pathology.

I also wish I could find the full text of medical articles and reports, but for that I'll have to get up off my lazy arse and go to my local university to request them, I bet. Although I still haven't quite figured out how to go about doing that, I will eventually.
The Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/texts?PHPSESSID=718455ca967a93a4f8d186012507f819), includes the Gutenberg Project.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley.
It's an amazing book and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in United States history.

Wouldn't that make it... not an autobiography? Or is it an audiobook?

The Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/texts?PHPSESSID=718455ca967a93a4f8d186012507f819), includes the Gutenberg Project.
Ooh, more free stuff!
Thanks for the link!

Wouldn't that make it... not an autobiography? Or is it an audiobook?

It turns out that the book was written by Haley from interviews he had conducted with him before shortly before his assassination.

Ooh, more free stuff!
Thanks for the link!
You should check out the other archives housed there-my favorite is the Prelinger archives of ephemeral (usually educational) films.

It also has an archive of websites that no longer exist and someone here found the old Nationstates site there.

Bump

Besides a lot of Descartes and Aristotle for school, The Sex Lives of Cannibals. It's hilarious.

Fiction: Dean Koontz's Mr. Murder
Non-fiction: Jared Diamond's Collapse.

The Great Unraveling - Paul Krugman

Fiction: In The Country of the Blind by Micheal Flynn. Those of you with freaky memories may remember me saying this a while back. Explanation, I lost it and found it again just as I was beginning all my end of term essays.

Non-Fiction: The Constitution of the United States. Not out of choice. Required reading for some of the afore mentioned essays As well as a few other books I have to read as well such as the One Dimensional Man by Marcuse blah blah blah...

That is an awesome trio.
They were all free with the Independent newspaper in my student union a few weeks back - it was meant to be one book per paper...but, well...

The Sex Lives of Cannibals.

I may be asking a stupid question, but is that fiction and meant to be funny, or non-fiction and you have a unique sense of humour? (NB: I don't mean to be offensive by saying that, if anything it is a compliment).

I may be asking a stupid question, but is that fiction and meant to be funny, or non-fiction and you have a unique sense of humour? (NB: I don't mean to be offensive by saying that, if anything it is a compliment).
No offense taken! :) It's sort of a travel memoir by a guy who went to live in the equatorial Pacific with his girlfriend for two years. The people there aren't cannibals any more, so I think it's mostly just supposed to be a catchy title.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

"Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right."

War of the Flowers, by Tad Williams. The first chapter looked really good in the book shop, but now I have got to a bit with annoying Irish fairies, and I am no longer so sure!

Just finished Unbearable Lightness of Being. And just started Shadow of the Wind. w00.

No offense taken! :) It's sort of a travel memoir by a guy who went to live in the equatorial Pacific with his girlfriend for two years. The people there aren't cannibals any more, so I think it's mostly just supposed to be a catchy title.

A title that would make a random passerby think, "ooh, that looks interesting"?

It does sound interesting though. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Rakkety Tam by Brian Jacques, also reading Stalin by someone, first part of the Saga of the Seven Suns by someone else and some other books. Once I've finished Rakkety Tam I'll read Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, dunno what after that, got a small pile of books to read for once.

I'm reading on average 1 book a week at the moment :p.